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Our long-term Volt spent its first couple months in the hands of Frank Markus and Todd Lassa, our editors in Detroit. While there, it experienced single-digit icy weather, and was put through all the paces any other car would go through, and then some. It performed well, with minor gripes about the overly frugal heater and that the colder weather prompts the engine to come on, even with a fully charged battery.

As technical director Markus explains, “Within a few blocks, the engine fired and a dash message read ‘ENGINE RUNNING DUE TO TEMPERATURE.’ It ran for only a mile or two and then shut off, but repeated this after each of two stops that morning, burning an indicated 0.3 gallon.” The Volt is heading to California now.

Safety (NHTSA)

2011 Chevrolet Volt News and Reviews

At 26,861 miles and during the very last week of its stay with us, our long-term Chevrolet Volt's computerized maintenance warning finally illuminated: Time to change the oil. For the First Time. I'd been fretting about whether the remaining oil life display had gone haywire, and was actually headed for the dealer, anyway.Of course, not all those miles had been…

Since getting lightly rear-ended in traffic, our Volt has been sidelined from active duty by paperwork wrangling between its owner, GM, and the offending car's insurance company. Frustrating, because the damage appears to be purely cosmetic and car is perfectly drivable. On the flip side, it's given us a pause in the action for a sidebar discussion I've been looking…

Our long-term Volt spent its first couple months in the hands of Frank Markus and Todd Lassa, our editors in Detroit. While there, it experienced single-digit icy weather, and was put through all the paces any other car would go through, and then some. It performed well, with minor gripes about the overly frugal heater and that the colder weather…

When you think of V-8 power, a certain kind of auto enthusiast comes to mind. Someone who thinks driving should be brash, engaging - and, above all else -- fun. An enthusiast who is tired of hearing about small displacement engines and longs for the sound and fury of eight cylinders firing away, delivering that beloved torquey thrust.Four months into…

As "new" cars go, they don't get much newer than Chevy's extended-range electric Volt. So much is different about the first production plug-in hybrid that we have loads of questions: How do you "break in" an engine that may serve only occasional use? (Succinct owner's manual answer: "The vehicle does not require a break-in period.") What's its real-world battery range?…